Enter at Your Own Risk!

Timothy R. Bartlett

Description

Welcome booklovers and adventurers of all ages! You're invited to join the Forest Tree Library and read the 56 short stories within its shelves. From every corner of the mind's eye come fables in the form of westerns, fantasy, espionage or beyond. There is one thing to be careful of! The threshold to the library door is a little higher than normal. Therefore, please enter at your own risk!

Sujets

• ACTION
• Adventure
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Stratton Press
• Date de parution: 28 juin 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781648954610
• Langue: English

Extrait

Enter at
Your Own
Risk!
 
(Over Fifty Short Stories of various lengths and genre types!)
 
 
Timothy R. Bartlett
 
 

 
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Copyright © 2021 Timothy R. Bartlett
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
Stratton Press Publishing
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Wilmington, DE 19801
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1-888-323-7009
 
Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in the work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.
 
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-64895-460-3
ISBN (Ebook): 978-1-64895-461-0
 
Printed in the United States of America
 
Acknowledgements:
 
I’d like to share my thanks and acknowledge to all my family members and relatives ( who are still living ), friends, fellow book worms, and coworkers over the years, who continued to support my creative writing and help me reach my goal!
Thank you all for your encouragement to keep progressing forward and for not letting me slack off! Kicking me in the butt a few times gave me ( a sore backend and ) the needed energy to complete this trying album of mixed adventures!
 
If you liked any of my short stories, please feel free to send your positive reviews to the email address below or go to any retail book outlets that has a book review section to record your words there. Hopefully it is an overall score of 5 out of 5 stars. Thank you for sharing and joining in the trek through the mind’s eye!
Love to hear from you!
 
[e-mail] !
 
(Please use the English Language when sending your email(s) to me, thank you!)
Disclaimer:
 
Each of the characters portrayed in these fictitious short narratives are purely co-incidental and are not representative of anyone ( alive or deceased ) individually or as a group.
They are all complete works of fiction and/or the creation of this writer’s imagination!
Try not to take any these short stories personally!
Remember: They are designed for entertainment purposes only and to be read aloud to others at anytime you wish to do so!
Warning:
 
Some bad language and disturbing settings are used in a few of these short stories.
This author apologizes ahead of time for any offence this may cause any of his sensitive readers. He hopes that these booklovers understand such wording in the context of each tale as it is presented.
 
Author’s Quick Notes
 
Welcome readers of all ages!
There is a vast and infinite universe for us humans to explore. In this case; let’s referred to it as human imagination.
Almost anything can and does take place within the realm of this fantasy of the mind’s eye; we love to run away from our world of insanity for a few fun moments of the unreal or the unusual. The amusement rides you’re about to take on, will hopefully send you to new realms of adventure, love, intrigue, mystery, or flights of fancy.
I hope all of you - booklovers, throughout the world, enjoy reading or listening to animated story tellers like I do!
Such movies within our mind’s eye adds that little bit of spice to our extremely hectic lives we live.
So, sit down, relax, put your feet up and take a break! Allow yourselves the leisure time for pleasure of a new exciting journey.
This album of 56 short stories you’re about to embark on were written by this author ( unless another author’s name is included under the title of that narrative ). Flipping through these pages, you’ll find a woven tapestry of various short tales to entertain you.
Please - feel free to read them aloud, at your own pace and speed, before your family, friends, classmates, strangers, or co-workers.
Read them around picnics, campfires or while travelling between long distant destinations.
Wherever possible, seek ways to add to the legend by including sound effects or soft background music as you read the narrative.
Also, try adding feelings and emotions to the character’s words within each story line that have double quotation marks. ( Italicised words convey a character’s thoughts, descriptions or some extra tidbit of information. At these moments, you can use a different voice tone or voice altogether while reading the narrative. )
Go ahead and make the story-lines come alive!
Feel the experiences within the narrative as if you were there, in person!
Enjoy these wild treks through the minute corners of the mind’s eye universe, by exploiting all kinds of possibilities hidden within your own border-less imagination!
 
Are - you - ready?
 
Then let’s get the Old Forest Tree Elf Librarian to unlock the forest tree door so our adventurous tales will commence! Please - do be careful about tripping over the high wooden doorsill. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up entering this building - at your own risk!
 
TRB – 2021!
 
Short Story Titles:
 
 
One Thrilling Morning!
Need to Fly High
Rebel Retribution
A School Outing
The Question!
Can’t You See?
( Two Alternate Endings )
Bon Voyage
Like the Sands of Time
( Part 1 of 2 )
No - Don’t!
Never Say Goodbye!
A Fantastic Delicacy!
The Trap
Genius by Design!
Comeuppance Day!
Bonus Feature One
A Soldier’s Misery
The Blue Bottle Gang
It’s Downstairs
Service with a Smile
It’s My Miracle!
This is My Place
Purrfect Supporters
View Finder
Toy-men-a-tors
Final Exam
Choose: Pins? Or Needles?
Hawk’s Tribute
The Reddish Dots
Bonus Feature Two
The Rider’s Revenge
Bejewelled
On the Job
Original story-line & concept by Mildred Bartlett
A Harlequin Romance
Guilty as Charged!
Here We Go Again!
From the Lair’s View
Watch the Birdy
A Nice Day for a Climb
Oh, So Sweet!
Starting a Routine
Through a Child’s Eyes!
Unbearable!
Bonus Feature Three
Criminals - Beware!
Oops – Sorry!
Forest of No Return
It Pays to Pray!
Firmly Nailed Down
A Shadowy Vacation
Getting Even
The Illusion
A Prairie Homestead
A Were-Human’s Society
My Eerie Walkabout
The Harvest Moon Shindigs
The Grave Host
The Oddities
Cabin of Tails
Bonus Feature Four
A Baking Lesson
True Story shared by Mildred Bartlett
Case File 78176.4
Extra Special Feature
Appendix A
 
One Thrilling Morning!
 
 
Melvin woke up as he always did, during the month of April, to go to work early. His clock registered 4:30 a.m. He had to be at the accounting office and go over the accuracy of the firm’s books before the tax deadline of April 30. Tax time always kept everyone hopping and agitated. Melvin was no exception to this insanity.
Priming up his coffee machine for the brain-stimulating brew to come, Melvin stripped off his sleepwear, headed for the shower to increase the removal of the cobwebs strewn throughout his brain cavity. As the water cascaded over his slim and defined body, he slowly and methodically went over his agenda for the day. He was due to be at work by 6:30 a.m. So, he had to leave home by 5:40 a.m. to catch the 6:00 a.m. subway train.
After his refreshing shower, he went to retrieve the local paper outside his third-floor apartment door. Most mornings the paper was waiting for him to pick it up and read. As he opened the door, he saw that nothing was there.
Damn that Mrs. Logan! She stole it again , he thought to himself, I wish she would stop stealing my paper for those damn crossword puzzles. Can’t she get her own paper, instead of stealing someone else’s’? Oh, well, I might as well get another one on my way to the subway station .
Breakfast was simple; toast, two eggs, and a bacon slice, all washed down with two cups of coffee. What a simple meal!
Melvin dressed in a new suit, which he purchased the week before. He couldn’t wait to show it off to Ralph, the company desk clerk. Ralph always accused Melvin of wearing second hand clothes and never having enough money for a new suit. This will show him , he thought to himself while checking his reflection in the hall mirror. Then grabbing his briefcase, he locked his apartment door for the twenty-minute walk to the subway station.
Every time Melvin walked these streets to go to work, he was always presented with various weather conditions and beautiful manicured yards. It was a treat on this morning for a walk. The sun was starting to rise, while birds sang, crickets chirped and squirrels quarrelled with neighbouring squirrels over their territory boundaries.
After seven minutes of walking, Melvin reached the corner of Harvey Street and Second Avenue. Turning right, he headed for the subway entrance just bey